Business News

China's recent economic miracle was at it's most uncomfortably real in 2018, according to official data as business activity in the world's second largest economy hit a decade low following the bitter trade blows that have marked relations between Beijing and Washington. Chinese economic growth continued to slow in the final three months of 2018,…

Israel's Defense Forces says they have begun striking Iranian targets inside Syria, tweeting that they are targeting the Iranian Revolutionary Guards elite forces, the Quds. Israel has not provided any other details, but it's military warned Syria on Twitter not to "harm" Israeli forces or territory. Tensions have escalated quickly between forces within the two…

Tom Brady did it again, and the New England Patriots are going back to the Super Bowl. The Patriots beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 37-31 in overtime in the AFC Championship after Brady led the Patriots down the field to start overtime, eventually getting running back Rex Burkhead to punch in the game-winning score. Brady…

Kentucky Republican U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky's 4th Congressional District has taken to Twitter in an extraordinary defence of the students from Kentucky's Covington Catholic High School, who were filmed on Friday surrounding and chanting at a Native American activist Nathan Phillips in Washington DC. In what has quickly become an iconic image of…

The National Parks Service announced that it would open Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park for over two weeks around the MLK holiday thanks to an $83,500 grant from The Delta Air Lines Foundation. The Atlanta, Georgia park was previously closed because of the federal government shutdown, which has entered its fifth week, but…

On December 21, the Navy's first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, which has been plagued by technical problems and cost overruns, got the first of its 11 advanced weapons elevators, "setting the tone for more positive developments in the year ahead," the Navy said this week. That tone may be doubly important for Navy…

Top members of President Donald Trump's administration hit back at a bombshell BuzzFeed News report in multiple television appearances Sunday. The report was published Friday and based on information from federal law enforcement officials, said Trump had directed his former personal lawyer and "fixer" Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the timing of negotiations…

Harley-Davidson is preparing to release its first electric motorcycle, the LiveWire, in August. The company hopes the bike will appeal to urban consumers and present a low barrier of entry for people new to motorcycles, Marc McAllister, Harley-Davidson's vice president of product portfolio, said in an interview with Business Insider. "EV lends itself extremely well…

President Trump's latest offer to end the shutdown wasn't received well by Democratic politicians who are eyeing a 2020 White House bid. Democrats this weekend roundly rejected Trump's proposal, which would extend protection for undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children, known as Dreamers, in exchange for funding for a wall along the US-Mexico…

President Donald Trump went on a Twitter tear against Nancy Pelosi Sunday morning, which ended with him saying he was "still thinking" about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's request to postpone his State of the Union speech or submit it in writing. "Nancy, I am still thinking about the State of the Union speech, there are…

MOST COMMENTED

"I am heartbroken by the passing of one of my oldest and dearest friends, Paul Allen. From our early days together at Lakeside School, through our partnership in the creation of Microsoft, to some of our joint philanthropic projects over the years, Paul was a true partner and dear friend. Personal computing would not have…